Talk:3079: Air Fact

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average person eats 3 spiders a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been countedโ€ 172.68.7.184 15:19, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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[citation needed]172.68.174.138 15:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
This is one of those factoids like "Over 5% of the population has an above average number of fingers." 172.68.245.136 16:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

The term "microscopic ants" supposedly refers to viruses and other microorganisms, not actual tiny ants. The actual concentration of airborne germs is pretty much in that ballpark, so it's not about sampling bias, it's about framing. 162.158.103.36 17:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)